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 Cars: 

 

The most famous Russian automotive factory, producer of the "Niva 4x4".  

Lada (Russia)   

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The "Volga": the luxury sedan of the Soviet era.  

Gaz  (Russia) 

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Muscovite factory, realized also the first Soviet F.1 car!  

Moskvitch (Russia)  

 

The legendary 4x4 of the Red Army.   

Uaz   (Russia) 

 

Medium-displacement cars, produced by the same factory of the "Kalashnikov" machine-gun.   

Izh   (Russia)  

 

The first "car for the people" in USSR.

Zaz (Ukraine)

 

The luxury limousine of the Soviet and Russian presidents.   

Zil   (Russia) 

 

A little miltary off-road vehicle.

Luaz (Ukraine)

 

History of a little Yugoslavian car that had success in the USA!

Yugo (Serbia)

 

The "national car" in Poland.

Fso (Poland)

 

Czech factory of original luxury cars.

Tatra (Czech Republic)

 

Czech factory that produced, at the same time, luxury cars and small cars.

Skoda (Czech Republic)

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The national car in Romania, derived from an old Renault project.  

Dacia (Romania)

 

Romanian off-road vehicle, enough known also in some Western country.   

Aro (Romania) 

 

The "Oltcit": a French-Romanian "hybrid", produced in collaboration with Citroen. 

Oltcit (Romania)  

  

Small car of the East Germany, symbol of the fall of the Berlin's Wall.  

Trabant (East Germany)

 

The "sister" of the Trabant (but a bit greater) in the East Germany. 

Wartburg (East Germany)

 

Eastern racing cars

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 Bikes: 

 

The national motorcycle in Russia, also utilized by the Red Army. 

Ural (Russia) 

 

The "ukrainan clone" of the Ural, but with several important differences.   

Dnepr (Ukraine) 

 

Motorcycles by the same producer of the famous "Kalashnikov" machine-gun.  

Izh Moto (Russia) 

 

Czech factory with a great past in the competitions.  

Jawa (Czech Republic) 

 

The "Vostok": the mysterious Soviet bike for the GP 500 World Championship!  

Vostok  (Russia)

 

Czech factory with a great tradition in the motocross and road-racing motorcycles. 

CZ (Czech Republic)  

 

The MZ: the "communist cousin" of the BMW. 

MZ (East Germany) 

  

The mopeds of the former East Germany.   

Simson (East Germany)  

 

Russian factory, producer of strange motorcycles. 

Tula (Russia)  

 

The 125 cc. of the young Russians. 

Minsk (Belarus)  

 

Another little Russian two-stroke motorcycle, still today produced.

Voskhod (Russia)

 

The incredible history of the "Russian Vespa" !

Vyatka (Russia) 

 

Hungarian motorcycle factory, partecipated also to the 24h of Le Mans!  

Pannonia (Hungary) 

 

Slovenian mopeds, sold also in the USA.   

Tomos (Slovenia)    

 

Other bikes from Poland, Russia, Czech Republic and even Hungary!    

Other Eastern motorcycles

 

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OLD BROCHURES    

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CHINESE CARS   

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RUSSIAN MOPEDS

THE DATA OF THE AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION IN THE EASTERN EUROPE

THE HISTORY OF THE LADA-VAZ FACTORY (Only in Italian - Automatic translation in English)

THE POLISH AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY DURING THE YEARS '70 s (Only in Italian - Automatic translation in English)

TRABANT GAMES !

THE SOVIET AUTOMOTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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